Interwebbed #Cyber and #Crypto #News for July 9

Welcome back, kittens! We have been extremely involuntarily offline thanks to our laptop taking a Negroni directly to the keyboard. Sticky cocktails do not a happy laptop make: who knew? After giving it a good vodka chaser (well, rubbing alcohol, but who can tell the difference between that and cheap vodka anyway) it seems to have returned, sulkily, to life. For as long as it lasts, we are here for you, kittens!

Everyone knows that cyberwar and hacktivism links are part of your nutritious breakfast. So here, sifted from the 105 YES 105 links we’ve been saving up to post, are the choicest. You will notice that a certain LARGEST HACKING STORY IN YEARS is missing…but more on that later. Don’t touch that dial!

In Well Duh News Today: CSAIL report: Giving government special access to data poses major security risks (MIT) Not only are governments prime hacking targets, but by forcing you to offer a backdoor to government, you offer it to hackers too. By definition, a backdoor is a security risk of the first order. And it adds complexity to the existing systems, and complexity allows scope for weakness. And every additional device which has access to your data is a new vector of potential attack. There, now you don’t have to read the report. Don’t say we never did nuthin’ for ya.

Are the hoodies mandatory? Are they all part of some Brony cult? The Secret Lives of Hackathon Junkies (TheAtlantic) And hey, don’t these kids have jobs? What? WHAT? YES IN THIS ECONOMY? Shut up. Why aren’t you in Iraq?